Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
PDL→JFK
Ponta Delgada to New York
- Flights
- 305 both ways
- Carriers
- 1
- Distance
- 2,550 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Ponta Delgada to John F. Kennedy International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 305 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about three departures a week in each direction, flown by Azores. EUROCONTROL publishes no punctuality series for Ponta Delgada. At the other end, 74.3% of JFK's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
EUROCONTROL does not publish a punctuality series for Ponta Delgada, so the departure end of this route cannot be ranked against other European gateways here.
Key figures
Flights
305
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
1
Azores Airlines
PDL departures on time
—
Not published for this airport
JFK domestic on time
74.3%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from JFK ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 3.98% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies PDL to JFK
Azores Airlines is the only carrier the DOT report shows on PDL to JFK, with 305 flights and an average of 119 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azores Airlines | 305 | 100% | 25 | 119 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often PDL to JFK flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 50 flights on the pair in July 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 11 in February 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202550
- August 202546
- September 202530
- October 202522
- November 202518
- December 202514
- January 202614
- February 202611
- March 202620
- April 202623
- May 202623
- June 202634
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 305 between PDL and JFK from July 2025 to June 2026, about three departures a week in each direction, carrying 36,196 passengers. That makes it the 2nd busiest of 3 US routes from Ponta Delgada and the 33rd busiest of 34 European routes into JFK.
The arrival airport
Landing at John F. Kennedy International
John F. Kennedy International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 74.3% of its 102,713 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 3.98% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at JFK reaches a flight from PDL just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
74.3%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
77 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
3.98%
Domestic departures
102,713
Last twelve months
John F. Kennedy International (JFK) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on PDL to JFK
Every flight that departs Ponta Delgada falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at John F. Kennedy International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from JFK is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 2,550 miles, 4,103 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
Delayed three hours or more? Check a claim with Compensair →
What to do with this
Booking PDL to JFK
There is no grade to give PDL to JFK without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about three departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that EUROCONTROL does not score and an arrival airport that runs 74% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at JFK; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
PDL to JFK questions
How often are PDL to JFK flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (not published for this airport) and JFK's domestic record in the DOT data (74.3% on time).
Which airlines fly PDL to JFK?
Azores Airlines. Azores Airlines accounted for 100% of the 305 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed PDL to JFK flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Ponta Delgada are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from JFK is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from PDL to JFK?
About three departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 305 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 50 in July 2025 and falling to 11 in February 2026.
Related
Where to go next
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- John F. Kennedy International (JFK) delay statistics
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- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
Portugal publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.